with the population of india being what it is, maybe this is the kind of shakeup it needs...?

Kenny
July 13th, 2007 2:14pm

sorry: i meant that maybe they should let people abort whatever they want.

Kenny
July 13th, 2007 2:15pm

Yes, the foetus gets all shook up. Sometimes stirred even.

strawdog sobriquet
July 13th, 2007 2:18pm

When you have far more men than available women in a society, the society becomes much more violent and war prone. This is why polygamous societies are more violent. So India has a valid reason to regulate this. Perhaps they will need to cull the unneeded males. It's just sound animal management practice.

Practical Economist
July 13th, 2007 2:19pm

> This is why polygamous societies are more violent.

Can you back this up?

China for instance was a polygamous society, yet it didn't seem overly violent. More on the contrary I would say.

"Most women benefit from polygyny, while most men benefit from monogamy"

People often don't realize that monogamy is a program to essentially redistribute wealth (women) among the poor class.

Also before we get all too crazy about unsubstantiated numbers of abortions (did anyone actually count the number of aborted females?), there's a direct link between HepB infections and female foetus miscarriages which accounts for some, but not all, of the male/female discrepency: